Donacarney
Domhnach Cairnigh Mór | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Castle ruin at Donacarney | |
  Donacarney Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°42′34″N 6°16′42″W / 53.70944°N 6.27833°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Meath |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.19 km2 (0.85 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 15,642 |
| Urban area of Laytown–Bettystown–Mornington–Donacarney | |
Donacarney (Irish: Domhnach Cearnaigh or Domhnach Cairnigh) is a village in County Meath,[2] Ireland, close to Drogheda and the border with County Louth. It contains one church, two estates, two schools, and one pub.[citation needed] Although it includes the townlands of Donacarney Great and Donacarney Little, most locals would never use those terms in describing Donacarney. The remains of a late-medieval tower house (see picture to right) are sited close to Donacarney Cross. It is described in the Down Survey (1654–56) as "an ould Castle". It appears in this state on a map of 1771. Blackhills Crescent, Donacarney, takes its name from the area known as the Black Hills or Black Hill Lands[3] north of the crossroads and the castle, the old name of which was Croc a' Searra in Irish.
Together with the neighbouring villages of Laytown, Bettystown and Mornington, it comprises the urban area of Laytown–Bettystown–Mornington–Donacarney with a combined population of 15,642 at the 2022 census.[1]
- ^ a b "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney". CSO Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Domhnach Cairnigh Mór". logainm.ie. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Advert". Drogheda Conservative. 31 January 1885. p. 4.